Aunty Sochelle Hour-ish

Detroit has been the launching ground of musical artists and poets for decades. In my post-divorce years, I was fortunate enough to live in the area for a couple of years, finding incredible performers, writers, and artists along the way. One of these extraordinary humans is Ms. Rosemarie Wilson. She is an author, artist, playwright, poetess, songwriter, and OH what a voice! She's written and prod...

He could have been an engineer in the lucrative world of dot coms. He might have been a Broadway dancer, had he tapped into it, (pun intended). He may still become a professional poker player full time. Instead, one of the brightest minds in Northern California ended up as a juggler. Not just a juggler, but a juggler's juggler. Meet Scotty Meltzer- a corporate juggler. A corporate juggler comedian...

  Dr. Amy Tudor is an award-winning writer. Her artistic mind also helped her become an expert on photography. She's published, and lauded by people for her creativity, but that's not what we talked about. Dr. Tudor also happens to have a great Ted Talk (link below) on her job as a End-of-Life Doula. and professor for the same. Her students adore her, as you can tell from her Rate My Professor pag...

You might have heard the old tale. Girl meets guy. Girl and guy fall in love. Guy proposes. Girl brings dogs. Guy says, "me or dogs". Girl keeps dogs, dumps guy. It happens every day. THIS time, the girl is April Brucker, and the dogs turn out to be her collection of co-workers- her puppets. Let's meet April, a talented ventriloquist comedian, musician and all-around showbiz zeitgeist who has a st...

If you ask any working veteran American stand-up which manager, or coach helped shape their career the most, the names Steve and Barb North will grace their lips with a smile. We spoke earlier with Barb North, but now Steve is up at bat. Mr. North, easily recognizable in his captain's cap looks like everyone's favorite uncle, or a member of a Captain and Tenille cover act. This guy has worked as a...

  California native, Jon Enge isn't merely a comedic improvisational actor. He is one of the best and brightest improv actors in all of improv-dom. From his dungeon and dragons' youth to his very popular Renaissance Faire performances, Jon doesn't only entertain the audience, he pours them into his moments of genius and lets them ride along with him. He is also an astute screenwriter, actor, and h...

Don't let his fancy good looks blind you, Justin Shane, aka Neon Scarab is a digital artist, animator, monologuist, musician, and just all out interesting step into the art world. His humility belies an incredible skillset. He could be part Thomas Dolby and Rothko blended with R. Crumb. Check out this interview with him, and see if you don't get inspired to create more in your world, too. Justin S...

He could have been the next Alex Ross, with his incredible artistic skills. He could have been the biggest Mad Man in the business. He probably could have been the next Robin Williams if he put his mind to it. There is NOTHING that Mitch Hallock isn't good at when he wants to do something. One of those things is owning and running his own Comic-Cons. Not just one, but two are under his watchful pu...

  Aunty Sochelle's own animator and logo creator, Harlan Scroggins is this week's guest. Nepotism? NOPE! This talented artist also is a children's author, designer, Balinese dancer, and all-around amazing human. Join Aunty S as she chats with a gal that turned her grief over her beloved dog into a children's book. Harley is also the daughter of two noted artists : Shayne Hood, the stop motion and...

  Her vivaciousness is apparent, and her life's work is being absolutely enthralled with the culture that is Manga. Helen McCarthy is a world renown author of THE books on the art and storytelling. Don't let her tiny stature and Irish background fool you. She can light up an entire panel of artists with her intricate details on any of their works. Helen is so well-versed on the art and tales of Ma...

  If you were around in the 1970s and watched any television of any kind- especially the comedic game shows that often made headlines- then you certainly know Barb North, (as well as her lovely husband Steve). Her sharp wit and comedic timing helped shape the comedic landscape. Barb also served as a booking agent, well-trusted by comedians across the United States, placing up-and-coming talent int...

  He is practically fluid as he seems to float items above his head. There is a symmetry and poetry in his movement that could be mistaken for ballet. In fact, here is a man who is as wise in comedy as he is in the physics of juggling. That man is Michael Rayner. You have seen him in countless television shows, including That 70s Show, America's Got Talent, and even ESPN network shows. He has the...

https://youtu.be/psiZmqOqvK8 He is all arts all rolled into one, and with both a naughty and a nice side- he is able to put out YA Novels, write for kids animated classic TV shows, and perform as a raunchy mime. This is Steven Banks' world and we are more than lucky to be in it. Check out this lively interview with Billy the Mime, a piece of Doctor Demento history and a guy who gave Spongebob some...

This week's a wandering tale of a good man doing good things for the good of theater. An editor leaves the world of publishing and his home city of New York to launch a theater career in his wife's homeland of Czechoslovakia. Sound like a movie? How about a play? See how Brain Callaghan brings words alive nightly at his theater in Prague. Make sure you visit the Prague Harman Street Theatre when y...

  If you are a fan of B-movie horror, or love Fangoria, or enjoy being scared in a creepy silly way, you are surely going to enjoy this interview with super talented practical effects guru Joe Castro! Joe has been a professional fx artist since he was a teen-ager in Texas. This artist started networking before anyone else knew what that was, and was able to get some of the coolest art into some of...

Hey gang..what happens when two artsy ADHD women who have a common love of language, music, and creating come together to talk about art, music, and language? You get Aunty Sochelle chatting with her Parasocial Pal, Jen "JenX" Rizio. Jen is a polyglot with a passion for Welsh. She, much like Aunty Sochelle herself, is a dragon slayer of hidden disability. Her video channel discusses her creativity...

Meeting Sara Tomko and TJ Pederson is like meeting your long-lost best school friends. The multi-talented Tomko sings like a Grammy winner, is breathtakingly beautiful, and still maintains that girl-next-door vibe that won over so many of her fans in the hit sci-fi-comedy show Resident Alien. Not only did she steal scenes from Alan Tudyk, but she held that show together like glue and macaroni on a...

  She has been a unique voice in stand-up for decades. But, Wendy doesn't live in the past. She has a wonderful life in the here and now. Join Aunty and Wendy as they talk about her world of a vibrant stage life, a fabulous family, and working in an ever-changing world in entertainment. It was in 1996 that she won the American Comedy Award, then re-entered contest life in America's Got Talent in 2...

  A few months back, we spoke with Houston Community College Professor Dr. Kent McGaughy on the issues with the current state of government and ways we can help change it. This time, we discuss freedom and fascism in the country, and how we can stop something that apparently has already begun. Dr. Kent has kindly offered his expertise in Constitutional history and the reasons why some of the artic...

Dennis Blair is one of those incredible artists who not only writes and sings his own music, but can mimic everyone from Eddie Vedder to Ray Charles to ...well if someone sings it...he can certainly echo tone, pitch and cadence to a T. But that's not his only skill. Dennis is so revered by other comedians and musicians he has made a career of being the appetizer to the fine dining of Jackie Mason,...

Aunty has quite a few friends in the comedy world, but only one of her friends has his hands up a performer's bottom at any given time. That friend is comedian, musician, muppeteer and puppeteer Grant Baciocco. Grant shares his story of how he went from the last remaining member of a band to the number one awesome member of MST3K with Jonah Ray. Hang out with the pair as they discuss decades of co...

Are those footsteps behind you? Wait... did you feel that? Is it getting cold in here? I think that maybe, just maybe, there's a really creepy man in this room.  Except, it turns out, that nope, this notoriously scary legend of horror is actually one of the nicest humans on earth. In fact, not only is he a kindhearted Disney fanatic, but he has an incredible sense of humor and a way with words tha...

The Holy City Zoo brought an astonishingly large number of internationally famous comedians to the world, (Robin WIlliams, Paula Poundstone, Bobcat Goldthwait....the list goes on and on). Debi helped nurture the careers of these comedians because she is one of the funniest women alive. As co-owner of the Zoo, she and her husband, American Satirist Will Durst, gave an outlet to some of the brightes...

To call a man a legend means you have understood the depth of work he has done in his field. Eddie Brill is truly a comedy legend up there with the likes of Dangerfield, George Burns and even Johnny Carson. He was a guide to late night careers of so many by putting them on David Letterman's stage. And Eddie can still bring a room down on his own, often to young audiences who are unaware as to the...

The extraordinarily beautiful, piercingly funny and multitalented Cathy Ladman joins Aunty this week to talk about the lives of women in comedy over the last few decades. Does Cathy sing? YES, but not in this interview so we need to have another one sometime, (just so you can be blown away yet again). Her history includes myriad visits to the Tonight Show, her one woman show about her struggles wi...